Purchasing Intern

Bossard Americas • Cedar Falls, IA

4h • Onsite

About The Position

This internship position focuses on supporting the purchasing department with various administrative and operational tasks. The intern will be involved in creating and editing reports, communicating with suppliers, assisting with corrective actions, and expediting purchase orders. The role also includes performing special projects as assigned by the unit manager.

Requirements

• Ability to read work instructions
• Ability to write business correspondence
• Ability to effectively respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and general public
• Ability to apply to calculate figures and amounts such percentages
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
• Beginning skill level in excel, word, outlook, PPT and email
• Regularly required to sit, use hands to fingers, handle, or feel; reach with hands & arms, and walk, talk or hear
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 15 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust

Nice To Haves

• Working towards a Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or Business is preferred

Responsibilities

• Create and edit reports or presentations
• Contact suppliers for missing invoice and country of origin detail
• Assist in processing Corrective Actions
• Expedite purchase orders
• Performs such other tasks and special projects as may be assigned from time to time by the unit manager

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Associate degree